., france, and germany, a plot thought to have been ordered by osama bin laden himself, is foiled in september 2010. it's discovered through international intelligence sharing. in the face of continued real threats, it's also true that some of the supposedly thwarted terrorist attacks post-9/11 essentially were symptoms created by the cure, plots that arguably would never have come into being without counterterrorism law enforcement themselves suggesting targets, providing means, facilitating aspiring terrorists acts of furtherance that they would not have achieved on their own but for which they could be prosecuted. in 2009, after back-to-back mistrials, five men from liberty city, one of miami's poorest neighborhoods, are convicted on terror-related charges after trying to team up with al qaeda, even though they seemed to have no clue how to do that. their only contact with al qaeda is with the government informant pretending to be associated with the group. they claim entrapment. it's a defense that has never worked in a terror-related case since 9/11. later that same year, federa